Okta is closing our account because we're Colombian

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6 years ago

Okta decided they would no longer sell to customers in Colombia and Venezuela. They think both economies are the same just because we're geographically next to each other. While Venezuela has an 'authoritarian-based' economy, Colombia has had very healthy and close economic and diplomatic ties with the US, for decades now. We're one of their closest allies, actually.

Our CEO tweeted (https://twitter.com/davidpelaez/status/1331653460027117569) to our ambassador and foreign officials about this situation but they don't seem to pay a lot of attention. Meanwhile, Okta still doesn't consider this as a big misjudgement on their behalf: considering Colombia and Venezuela as 'the same thing', for whatever reasons or prejudices they have.

Any product alternatives are welcome, as well as help in making this message/complaint reach further.

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